Associate Professor
Department of Curriculum &
Instruction
Senior Research Fellow, The
Vincentian Center for Social Justice & Poverty
Sullivan Hall, 421
(718) 990-5656
blakeb@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
Ph.D., 1994, University of Illinois at Chicago, Curriculum and
Instruction
M.A., 1989, Northwestern University, Linguistics
B.A., 1978, State University of New York at Stony Brook,
French
Diplome Superieure, 1977, La Sorbonne, French Art & Literature
17th-20 centuries
Research
Areas of Specialization
Applied/socio linguistics, English as a Second language (ESL),
urban education, adolescent education, first and second language
acquisition, literacy among diverse learners (especially writing
development and processes and including methods, assessment,
alternative pedagogies and curriculum development), literacy and
gender, ethnographic and feminist-based research methodologies. New
York State Certification, ESL, K-12.